Characters:
King Lear of Britain.
Edmund: illigitimate son of Gloucester.
Cordelia: King Lear's daughter.
Albany: Duke of Albany.
Regan: King Lear's second daughter.
Goneril: King Lear's elder daughter.
Edgar: is the legitimate son of the Earl of Gloucester.
Kent: earl of Kent.
They were in the British camp near Dover (Dover is a major channel port in the English county of Kent), to fight the French Army. Cordelia and King Lear were prisoners, Edmund ordered a soldier to take them to prison and kill them. In this scene I feel a treason atmosphere between Edmund, Albany and Edgar. On the other hand Albany seemed me more calm than the other characters.
Albany was very disconcerted because a gentleman told him that Goneril poisoned his sister and then killed herself. King Lear didn't want to live anymore because his daughter Cordelia was dead, in a sense I think he lost his mind, he felt no reason to live , as he said: "And my poor fool is hang'd! No, no, no life!Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life,And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more". King Lear died.
At the end, Albany said Kent and Edgar to rule the Realm, the mood was very mourning and sad.
King Lear of Britain.
Edmund: illigitimate son of Gloucester.
Cordelia: King Lear's daughter.
Albany: Duke of Albany.
Regan: King Lear's second daughter.
Goneril: King Lear's elder daughter.
Edgar: is the legitimate son of the Earl of Gloucester.
Kent: earl of Kent.
They were in the British camp near Dover (Dover is a major channel port in the English county of Kent), to fight the French Army. Cordelia and King Lear were prisoners, Edmund ordered a soldier to take them to prison and kill them. In this scene I feel a treason atmosphere between Edmund, Albany and Edgar. On the other hand Albany seemed me more calm than the other characters.
Albany was very disconcerted because a gentleman told him that Goneril poisoned his sister and then killed herself. King Lear didn't want to live anymore because his daughter Cordelia was dead, in a sense I think he lost his mind, he felt no reason to live , as he said: "And my poor fool is hang'd! No, no, no life!Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life,And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more". King Lear died.
At the end, Albany said Kent and Edgar to rule the Realm, the mood was very mourning and sad.
